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^NEID  OF  YIEGIL: 


wrebb:n  am  otoli>e» 

THK  TRAVBL9  OF  JSKBA8,  THK  ORIGIN  OP  THE  ROMAN  EMPIRE,  THE  8TBATAGEMH 

KMPLOYKD  BY  THE  GODDESS  JUNO  (HAPPILY  WITHOUT  SUCCESS)  TO  NIP 

THAT  IMPORTANT  ENTERPRISE  IN  THE  BUD,  THE  COUNTERPLOTS 

OF  THE  GODDESS  VENUS  AND  HER  MISCHIEVOUS  LITTLE 

SON   CUPID,    AND   THE   FURIOUS   LOVE   AND 

ROMANTIC  DEATH  OF  QUEEN  DIDO. 


IN  HEXAMETER  AND  PENTAMETER. 


WITH    IJ-I-U^TRATION?    BY    THOMA^    WORTH. 


OBSIOiniS  TOR  THJ  USB  OP  JAJHUKS,  SCHOOLS,  AND  COLLEGKS,  AND  KSPBCIALLT  FOE  STUDENTS  IH  VIRGtt,  INTO 
WH03a  EARDS  THIS  y<yt.Taai  mat  bh  ptth  vrrmnr^  too  thic^  t..««^im.  r.^  ..^g  BBINC  C3ED  A3  A  PONT. 

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P  H  E  F  A  C  E , 


The  present  work  had  its  inception  in  a  vehement  de&ire  to  lebcue  the  Bard  ol'Man- 
rua  Irom  the  oblivion  to  which  this  degenerate  age  seems  bent  upon  consigning  him ; 
to  restore  him  to  that  pre-eminence,  and  to  challenge  for  him  that  homage,  which 
from  the  time  ol  imperial  Augustus  down  to  about  the  year  of  grace  eighteen  hundred 
and  thirty  were  unreservedly  accorded  him  throughout  the  realm  of  letters,  and  the 
witholding  of  which  is  one  of  the  most  alarming  symptoms  of  the  decadence  of  class- 
ical learning  in  our  times.  The  poet-laureate  of  Csesar,  as  it  were  (or,  possibly,  as  it 
Avas) — the  chiefest  ornament  of  the  Golden  Age — the  indispensable  companion  of 
medieval  students — the  star  actor  of  the  Divina  Commcdia — the  thesaurus  of  all 
authors  before  the  epoch  of  Tuppcr — the  vade  7nea>m  of  all  who  ever  pretended  to 
any  sort  of  scholarship  down  to  a  generation  ago,— has  been  sapplanted  in  our 
.schools  by  such  sylhibub  trash  as  Parle-  vous  and  Book  Keeping ;  has  been'kickcd  out 
ro  make  room  for  Brewer'' s  Familiar  Science  and  a  whole  brood  of  contemptible 
Ologies,  that  are  no  more  a  substitute  for  Virgil  than  burnt  beans  are  for  old  Java. 
And  even  those  who  do  set  out  to  become  acquainted  with  the  bard  are  so  infected 
with  the  general  disposition  to  slight  him  that  yon  shall  find  their  Virgil  thumbed 
and  soiled  for  the  first  eighty  lines  of  the  urEneid,  while  the  remainder  of  the  volume 
is  as  new,  and  forever  remains  as  new,  as  when  it  left  the  bookbinder's  hands. 

Below  will  be  fonnd  a  few  of  the  opening  lines  of  the  iEncid,  in  juxtaposition 
M  ith  what  was  intended  as  a  literal  translation  ot  the  text  and  a  close  imitation  of  the 
verse.  An  experiment  extending  through  the  first  seven  lines  was  suflicient  to  induce 
The  translator  to  concur  in  the  opinion  of  the  best  critics,  that  the  English  language 
is  ill  adapted  to  the  uses  of  hexameter  blank  verse  : 


Anna  vi- 
A  VU18  and  the 

Itali- 
Oriven  hy 

Littora 
Much  wae  hr 

Vi  Supe-      I 
flu  ac-        ! 

M  ulta  quo 
Much 

Infer- 
Aud 

Alha- 
The 


rum  que  ea- 
rn an  I 

am  fa- 
Fate  came  to 

mult(um)  il- 
tosbcil  over 

rum  frse- 
count  of  the 

qu(e)  et  l>el- 
also  he 

ret  que  De- 
brought  into 

nique  pa- 
famed  Allian- 


no  Tro 
sing  who 

10  profu- 
Italy 

1(c)  et  tpr- 
Uind  and 

vse  memo- 
mem'rable 

lo  pas- 
biiffered  in 

iih  Lati- 
Latium  his 

trcs  at- 
fatberri  and 


ja;  qui         j      primus  ab 
first  from  the  1  shores  of  Troy 


gus  La- 
and  the  La- 


ris  jac- 
sea  by  the 

rem  ju-        j 
anger  of       | 

sus  dum       I 
war  while  he   | 

o  cenus 

snds  :  vlitncc  the 

qu(e)  altae 
Home  the 


vinaque 
vinian 


tatus  et 
I'owcrs  su- 


noniB  ob 
onielsome 


condcrct 
builded  his 


unde  La- 
race  of 


mneuia 
city  c- 


oris 
sailing 

venit 
country 

alto 
pernal 

iram 
Juuo 

urbem 
city 

tinum 
Latins 

Romie 

ternal 


li  is  greatly  hoped  thatallwho  deplore  the  neglect  witli  Mhich  the  solid  old 
Ruuian  classics  are  now-a-days  treated,  will  look  with  favor  upon  this  earnest  attempt 
'<>  give  our  grand  old  I'oct  a  lift.  And  may  the  perusal  of  tliesc  pages  incite  in  many 
souls  Budi  a  desire  to  renew  and  extensively  cultivate  his  charming  acquaintance,  that 
they  shall  not  be  satisfied  until  Ihcy  can  adopt  for  thcmsolvos  the  salutation  with 
>Oii'-ti  Dante  addressed  the  same  old  Mantuan  Bard: 

iJlory  and  light  of  all  the  tuneful  train  : 

May  it  avail  me,  that  I  long  with  zeal 

Have  Kought  thy  volume,  and  with  love  imruelisc 

Have  conned  it  o'er. 


THE    ^EN^IllID. 

LIBER  PRIMUS. 

Arms  and  the   Man  I  sing,  who,  first  from  tlic  shores  of  Troy 

sailing, 
Driven  by  Fate,  came  to  Italy,  and  the  Lavinian  country  ; 
Mneh  Avas  he  tossed  over  land  and  sea,  by  the  Powers  Supernal. 
Because  of  tlie  mcm'rable  anger  of  cruelsomc  Juno. 
Much  also  he  suffered  in  war,  while  he  buildcd  his  city. 
And  brought  intoLatium  his  gods:  whence  the  race  of  theLatijis, 
The  famed  Alban  fatlicrs,  and  Rome,  tlu'  City  Eternal. 

0  Muse  !  relate  me  the  facts,  if  you  happen  to  know  \'ui. 

Concerning  the  hero  of  this  astonishing  j>oeni ; 

Explain  why  the  queen  of  the  gods  was  so  terribly  eager 

So  clever  and  pious  a  man  at  each  step  to  beleaguer ; — 

"Why  with  wrath  she  pursued  him, — with  sliipwreck  and  icmpest 

and  thunder : 
Do  they  cultivate  such  reprehensible  morals  up  yonder  ? 

Far  away  over  the  ocean,  on  Africa's  north  edge. 

Opposite  Italy,  stood  the  fair  city  of  Carthage  ; 

A  Tyrian  city  it  was,  of  renown  such  as  few  kno\\ , 

Wealthy  and  warlike,  and  loved  before  all  lands  b}-  Juno. 

Here  were  her  coach  :  here  the  world's  imperial  Capital 

She  liopcd  and  intended  to  fix,  if  the  Fates  didn't  stop  it  all : — 

Yet  long  had  she  heard  of  a  race,  of  Trojan  persuasion, 

That  one  day  should  give  her  pet  ])roject  a  thorough  abrasion. 

This  fearing,  and  cherishing  numerous  other  old  dudgeons, 

She  drove  far  from  Latium  and  spitefully  treated  ih<^  Trojnns-—  ' 


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The  low  Trojans  left  by  the  Greeks  and  cruel  Acliilles. 
TJncertain  tliey  wandered,  from  Joppa  lialf  way  to  Antilles, 
Through  long  years  repeating  their  devious  peregrinations : 
Such  a  vast  work  it  was  to  establish  the  Roman  foundations. 

Now  scarce  from  Trinacrian  sliorcs  were  the  Trojans  departed, 
Upheaving  the  brine  witli  their  prows,  and  jolly  light-hearted, 
When  Juno  soliloquised  :  "  Must  I  my  purpose  relinquish, 
Unable  these  villains  to  check,  and  their  scheme  to  extinguish  ? 
( Jould  Minerva  sling  Jupiter's  lightning,  and  breed  such  a  rumpus, 
While  I,  his  sister  and  consort,  the  boss  of  Olympus, 
Must  be  outmaneuvered  and  whipped  ?     If  my  purpose  now  falters, 
Who  henceforth  will  supplicate  Juno,  or  bow  at  her  altars  ?" 

Tlicse  wicked  sentiments  in  her  inflamed  bosom  nursing, 

To  ^Eolia,  birth-place  of  storms,  the  goddess  goes  cursing. 

Here,  in  a  vast  cavern,  under  the  mountains,  -t^^]olus, 

God  of  tile  Winds,  on  a  lofty  throne  reigns,  grim  and  solus. 

The  Ijlustering  tempests  he  curbs,  and  in  straight-jackets  buckles. 

And,  Avhen  obstreperous,  raps  them  over  the  knuckles. 

Him  thus  she  invokes  :  '•  0  King  of  the  terrible  Snorters ! 

A  race  by  me  hated  are  sailing  the  smooth  Tuscan  waters. 

Bearing  Troy  into  Italy,  'long  with  their  vanquished  Penates  : 

Unkennel  thy  subjects  and  blow  tlie  rapscallions  to  Hades ! 

Drive  their  old  tubs  on  the  rocks,  and  there  let  tliem  stick  fast, 

And  give  the  poor  sufifcring  sharks  a  square  Trojan  breakfast ! 

I  will  reward  you  with  my  fairest  nymph,  Deiopca ; 

You  shall  have  her  at  once,  without  waiting  like  Jacob  for  Leah." 

"  With  pleasure,"  JEolus  replied  :  "  'tis  yours  to  propose  things. 
And  mine  to  i>erform ;  for  you  gave  me  my  scepter  and  those 

things." 
Ho  saying,  lie  liinl<Ml  liis  spear  'gainst  the  mountainous  surface. 


Q^ 


(J.-iMim  roi)Vcr.-A  cuspitlc  iiioiiicni 
linpiilit  in  liUU8;  no.  V'onli,  vc.liil  iij^minc  Ihcto, 
ciun  data  porta,  rmmi.  ot  i.>iTn«  (nrbiijo  poi-llanl. 

-En.  I..  SI. 


And  the  wildt  liowling  Winds  rnsli  forth  i>cll  inell,  at  the  or'fiee, — 
The  East  Wind,  the  North  Wind,  and  stormy  Sow-Wester,   t(v 

getlier 
Scour  over  the  cartli,  and  inaugurate  drctful  bad  weather. 
They   dance   on   tlie  deep,  and   plough  up  the  ) trine  with  their 

bellows. 
Black  barl)arous  night  hangs  low  on  the  Ijoisterous  billows, 
Thick  lightnings  go  zigzag  all  over,  witli  loud  thunders  booming. 
And  everything  looks  as  though  death  was  immejitly  coming. 
Forthwith  Father  yEneas,  striking  a  tragical  attitude, 
Cries  :  '•  Thrice  and  four  times  better  off,  in  point  of  beatitude, 
They  who  in  the  sight  of  tlieir  fathei's,  the  Trojan  walls  under, 
Were  torn  by  Greek  fire  and  20-lb.  Parrots  asunder ! 
Why  could  I  not  have  fallen  b}'  th    right  hand,  son  of  Tedious  \ 
Why  didn't  they  kill  the  last  man  of  lis,  jest  to  obleege  us  ? 
To  have  died  with  Sarpedon  and  Hector  were  grand  and  poetic ; — 
But  this  sort  of  thing  smacks  a  trifle  too  much  of  emetic  !" 

While  he  spouts  on  the  deck,  a  wicrlent  blast  from  the  jiorrard 
Strikes  tlic  ship  on  her  side,  and  the  eloquent  man  in  the  forrard. 
Snap  go  the  slirouds,  like  the  strings  of  an  ovcrtuned  fiddle, 
And  the  speech  and  the  jib-boom  are  broken  short  off  in  the 

middle. 
Now  on  the  crest  and  now  in  the  trough  the  fleet  pitch  and  stagger, 
Like  kites  without  tails,  or  Dutchmen  o'erloaded  with  lager  • 
Tliese  the  East  Wind  in  terraqueous  mud  firmly  wedges ; 
Those  are  urged  u}>on  ledges  that  merge  at  the  edge  their  huge 

ridges. 
Meanwhile  old  N»-])tinie  jicrceives  a  deuce  of  a  clatter, 
And  puts  up  his  classical  nob  to  see  what  is  the  mattxjr. 
He  summons  the  blustering  Africus,  Boreas,  Eurus, 
And  thus  opens  on  'em:  *' You  in)pudent  Wind  Bags!  it'scurus 


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Wliere  you  came  hy  the  requisite  cheek  to  attempt  tl^.s  invasion! 
Scratch  gravel  for  home!    Shoukl  yon  make  such  another  occasion 
You  -won't  get  oft'  so.     ^ly  legurds  to  ^Eolus,  your  nuister, 
And  say  he  must  keep  his  Avild  critiurs  in  pound  or  in  jjasture. 
Let  him  govern  his  own  windy  reahn,  and  his  lotty  airs  take  on : 
This  watery  machine  I  can  run  without  his  help,  I  reckon  !" 
At  once  the  rough  waters  grow  smooth, — tiie  skies  'gin  to  brighten. 
And  day  is  restored.     At  the  same  time  Cimothoc  and  Triton 
Shove  the  craft  off  the  rocks,  while  Nep  also  boosts  with  his  trident, 
Then  mounting  his  tortorshell  coach,  takes  a  dignified  ride  in't. 
The  storm-pummeled  voyagers  make  for  the  neighboring  highland, 
And  goiii^  ashore,  warmly  welcome  the  long-wished-for  dry  land. 
'I'hcn  ^neas  and  faithful  Achates  are  moved  with  a  notion 
To  climb  a  small  mountain  and  scan  the  expanse  of  the  ocean, — 
(Far  easier  than  scanning  this  verse,  as  ap[x?aranccs  strike  us,) 
If  haply  their  eyes  may  behold  their  lost  comrades — Caicus, 
Or  Lycus,  or  some  other  cuss,  or  tlie  Phrygian  galleys  : 
No  galleys  they  see,  but  a  herd  of  deer  browsing  tlic  valleys. 
Seven  tall  ones  they  chase,  and  soon  having  fatally  hurt  'em, 
They  bear  to  their  comrades,  who  institute  straiglit  a  ]X)st  mortem. 
.Some  rip  off  the  hides  and  dissect,  some  gather  dry  fuel, 
Soiue  ])lace  brazen  caldrons  on  shore,  and  mix  in  the  gruel, 
And  soon  with  fat  venison,  and  Sicily  wine,  they  grow  stronger ; 
Hojx;  and  courage  return,  and  they  vote  to  survive  aAvhile  longer. 

Done  at  length  was  the  feast  and  the  day.  On  Olyrapus''cs  battle- 
ments 

Urcat  Jove  stood  beholding  the  earth,  witli  her  kingdoms  and 
settlements, 

All  lying  in  sluml)er,  so  still  that  a  pin  you  might  hear  drop. 

To  whom  repaired  Venus,  each  eye  neatly  fringed  with  a  tear-drop, 
'^I'lni-'  siiiiiii-:  "O  thon  who  witli  sway  utiivcrsal  do^t  liandle  us, 


rimorlioc  -innil,  >\   I  liloii  aduixus,  a*  iif.u 
Dotrudnut  iiavo^  soopr.lo.    Levat  Ip.^c  tridcnii, 
AlqiH'  rotis  5unima>  Icvibn-*  porjabiiiir  luidan. 

A:^.  I..  144. 


The  way  that  thy  wife  treats  the  Trojans  is  }»uth<;kly  .sciiiiil.-ilnus  '. 
Thou  didst  promise  them  Italy  !  there  they  should  liiid  o('cu|)atiuu. 
And  there  should  they  found  the  all-governing*  Roman  j)lantati(tii. 
What  counsel  induces  thee  now  to  go  back  on  thy  ])romise '( 
To  blast  us  with  shipwreck, and  shut  all  fxploicd  regions  IVoju  ns"r 

First  hcli)ing  himself  to  a  choice  lot  of  oscular  })lundei', 
xVnd  smacking  his  lips  till  the  clouds  palpitated  like  thunder. 
Thus  Jupiter  answered  :  "  Pray  don't  get  your  back  up,  my  darling. 
I'm  sorry  that  you  and  my  wife  must  forever  Ijc  quar'ling. 
Your  yEneas  that  long  promised  country  shall  finally  enter : 
There  shall  he  clean  out  the  natives,  and  be  the  Head  Ccnifc: 
There,  through  Ascanius  his  son,  (Avhom  I  now  name  lulus,  i 
Sh?,!!  the  scepter  descend  in  a  long  line  of  Troy  blooded  rulei-s. 
Till  the  wolf-suckled  Romulus  builds  a  smart  town  on  the  Tiltfi 
Which bimeby  so  mighty  shall  grow  that  no  tongue  can  describe  her. 
Then  Cassar  shall  rise,  and  go  bushwhacking  hither  and  yonder. 
The  conqueror  of  Britain  and  Gaul,  the  ]ilanet's  great  wonder. 
The  pride  of  the  Romans,  who  shall  so  with  ])raise  overfeed  him 
That  old  Doctor  Brutus  will  have  to  be  called  in  to  Ideed  him. 
Then  cometh  Augustus,  well  soaped  by  poets  coeval. 
(The  poets  thereby  clearly  proving  their  heads  to  be  level 
On  tactics  which  good  Dr.  Watts  will  consider  no  evil :) 
Then  the  Age  shall  grow  mild  ;  Faith  and  Virtue  shall  once  again 

look  up, 
And  the  temple  of  Mars  shall  suffer  an  absolute  lock  up." 

At  the  first  peep  of  dawn,  father  yEneas  and  faithful  Achates 
AVent  forth  to  see  what  they  could  find,  whether  bears  or  polatifs. 
When  out  of  the  wood  into  full  view  suddenly  busted 
His  fair  mother  Venus,  and  here's  how  the  twain  she  accosted : 
"  Ho,  Gentles !  you  haven't  seen  one  of  mv  sisters  nor  nothing. 


Prt-rised  som'at  like  me, — on  her  legs  not  a  great  deal  of  clothing, 

Girt  with  a  quiver,  and  bent  on  the  ladylike  pastime 

Of  chasing  the  boar  •witli  full  cry,  in  exceedingly  fast  tune  ?" 

"■  Oh  no  ma'am,  we  have  not  enjoyed  that  extrornery  pleasure  ; 
But  what  shall  I  call  you  ?     Your  beauty  no  language  can  measure ! 
Here,  shipwrecked  strangers  we  wander, — oh  lighten  our  labors! 
And  show  us  what  coast  wc^•e  encoimtorod — what  country,  what 
neighbors." 

Then  responded  Venus:  "  On  Lybian  acres  you  stray  now, 

In  the  kingdom  of  Carthage,  where  lovely  Queen  Dido  bears  sway 

now. 
Lately  from  Tyre  she  migrated,  fleeing  Pygmalion,  her  brother, 
Who  for  gold  sent  her  husband,  Sichaeus,  from  this  world  to  tother. 
Here  a  city  she  builds,  and  e'en  now  with  ramparts  encloses, 
And  Carthage  you'll  find,  fair  youths,  if  you  follow  your  noses." 
Then  turning  to  leave  them,  her  person  exhaled  a  bright  glory, 
Whereupon  ^Eneas  pursued,  bawling  out :  "  The  old  story  ! 
Achates  !  look  after  my  carpet-bag,  while  I  get  at  her  ! 
I  know  that  ineffable  being,  and  that's  what's  the  matter  ! 
O  cruel  mater  !  why  still  will  ye  play  your  son  those  tricks  ? 
Why  must  I  forever  be  cheated  with  metamorphostics  ?" 
Thus  having  the  vanishing  figure  sufficiently  scolded, 
He  marvels  along  toward  the  town,  in  a  fleecy  cloud  folded. 
Now  he  enters  the  gates,  and  mingles  unseen  in  the  bustle  ; 
He  admires  the  brisk  traffic,  the  clatter-te-bang  universal, 
The  turrets  and  domes,  the  bulwarks,  the  parapets  full  o'  guards, 
The  pure  country  milk  carts,  the  fashions,  the  boulevards, 
The  stately  old  heroes  outwalking  and  airing  their  war-scars, 
Tlie  lively  young  people  out  riding  in  dog  carts  and  horse  cars. 
In  the  midst  of  the  town  stood  a  grove,  umbrageous  and  ample» 
fn  the  midst  of  tlie  grove  stood  the  loffy  Junonia)i  temple. 


^"^t 

<- 


Cui  Mater  inwUa  fti/oo  lulifc  ubvia  bvlva. 
S'irjiinis  os  liabitnnniuc  2,'erciis.  ci  sircini.-  mum:!. 
S]^;irtaufe. 

•'Hens,"  iniinil,  '•Juvencri,  luonsiraic  incinntn 
Viflisli.s  fti  quain  liic  eiTantem  forte  sororum, 
J'.t  «pnm'iiUU  apri  riir?iun  clamnro  prcmentern." 

.■r.n.  1  .  ImI. 


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Oil  pu^^iug  the  ]x)rtal  and  going  a  short  distaiico  furdi;!-, 

Tlic  battles  of  Troy  lie  beholds,  all  painted  in  order  ! 

In  wonderful  fresco,  where  Trojans  and  Greeks,  in  thick  bunches 

Are  cutting  and  slashing,  and  giving  each  *>ther  hot  punclies. 

Here  he  discerns  the  strong-minded  l*entliesilea, 

Who  fights  so  ferocious  that  even  stout  veterans  flue  her ; 

There,  aged  King  Priam;  there,  his  own  cun>{)icn(>us  llgurc  ; 

There,  youthful  Troilus,  the  rash  prince  who  slujuld  have  l)cen 

bigger 
Ere  measuring  swords  with  Achilles,  that  barbarous  Aictor 
Who  thrice  round  the  walls  drags  the  lifeless  body  of  Hector. 
While  yEneas  weeps  o'er  the  scene,  like  a  vinegar  cruet. 
While  he  holds  a  small  personal  wake  over  Ilium  fuit, 
Lo!  Dido  the  Queen,  with  page,  courtier,  suitor,  and  satrap. 
Surrounding  and  crowding  like  rats  besieging  a  rat-trap, 
Of  Ijcauty  so  great  that  it  makes  all  Ijcholdcrs  to  hanker, 
Sails  into  the  temple,  and  on  a  high  throne  comes  to  anchor. — 
She  passels  out  work,  and  administers  law  to  her  subjects, 
And  comes  down  handsome  for  various  benevolent  objects, 
When  anon  the  cloud-hidden  hero  is  highly  astounded 
By  the  sudden  arrival  of  those  Avhom  he  thought,  to  be  drownded  ; 
Whom  he  firmly  L>elieved  to  be  held  in  Plutonian  durance, 
And  was  cheerfully  hoping  to  realize  on  their  insurance. — 
Cloanthus,  Alethes,  Caicus,  and  Gyas,  and  so  forth  ; 
And  thus  does  their  spokesman,  Iloneus,  their  business  show  forth : 
"'  0  gracious  Que<'n !  we  implore  thy  protection  and  ]iity  ! 
We  come  on  no  raid  against  this  magnificent  city  ; 
We  are  exiles  from  Troy,  seeking  homes  in  Ilesperia  lyin' ; 
Thither  full  gay  we  were  sailing,  when  stormy  Orion 
Rose  from  the  deep,  and  with  fni  ions  tempests  assailed  us, 
Shivering  our  timbers  that  suddent — we  scarce  knew  what  ailed  us. 
)r    <^ar  King  and  companions  were  done  for  hy  asphyxiation. 


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And  we,  the  sad  relics,  o'crburdcned  with  woe  and  purgation, 
Arc  flun<r  on  your  shores.     Wliat  ruffians  inhabit  this  country. 
That  threaten  Avith  fire,  and  forbid  us  a  custom-house  entry  ?" 
Tlie  Queen  sweetly  answered  :  "  Banish  your  fears  worthy  Trojants, 
Xor  let  this  induce  you  to  reckon  my  subjects  as  no  gents. 
The  simple  fact  is,  we're  everywhere  compassed  by  savages. 
And  have  to  keep  pickets  thrown  out  on  account  of  tlieir  ravages. 
Who  has  not  heard  of  illustrious  Troy  and  her  worthies  ? 
As  fine  a  town  (ere  it  went  upward,)  as  any  on  earth  is. 
Welcome  !  brave  men  !  your  affairs  shall  be  promptly  adjusted  ; 
And  would  that  yom*  King  by  the  same  storm  had  hither  been 

tossted !'' 
Just  tlien  the  liero  broke  out  of  his  cloudy  environ. 
Exclaiming :  "  Behold  the  identical  chap  you  inquire  on  I 
'Thcj  tliought  to  present  me  a  prey  to  the  sliark  and  the  lobster. 
But  I  aint  dead  i/ct !  in  the  l)eautiful  language  of  Webster. 
0  tliou  who  alone  of  all  potentates  showest  compassion 
On  us,  the  fag  end  of  a  once  proud  and  prosperous  nation. 
If  I  were  to  stand  here  and  blow  until  dinner-time,  yet  it  woukl 
Nfever  begin  to  express  our  mifathomless  gratitude  I" 

So  startled  was  Dido  by  this  unexpected  transaction. 
Her  buttons,  like  l*egotty's,  flew  in  every  direction  ; 
But  quickly  regaining  her  somewlisit  disturbed  equilibrium. 
She  toucliingly  said  :  "  I  shouldn't  of  known  you  from  Abraliam." 
Are  you  tliat  yEneas,  renowned  for  virtue  and  ])rowess. 
Whom  fair  A'cniis  ))ore  to  Anchises,  by  rippling  Simois  Y 
The  hero  wlio  vjiliantly  cudgeled  his  (rruel  Greek  foes  back, 
While  safely  he  Ijrought  otriiis  aged  old  ancestor  pooscback  '(, 
Come,  enter  by  doors,  royal  wanderer!     Come,  worthy  Trojans  I 
r*\\ill  <_nvf'  me  great  pleasure  to  furnish  you  supper  and  lodgins." 
'I'ti'ii  itiio  till-  roy:il  slielmni:',  with  many  nmenities.  j^ 


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She  leads  her  guests,  aiui  invcjkcs  (he  l*iini<;  diviniiitj.s. 
Moreover,  an  elegant  baiKpiet  she  spreads  in  thr  piilaee, 
And  a  slew  of  good  cheer  despatches  at  (»ut'e  to  the  galleys. 
Achates  goes  also,  to  sec  that  all's  right,  iiiid  uo  scj-ew  loose, 
With  orders  to  bring  to  the  court  that  august  hriit,  lulus. 

But  Venus  concludes  to  mix  in  at  ihis  critical  crisis, 
And  thus  to  that  naughty  god  Cupid  unfolds  her  devices, 
Imploring  his  help  :  "  My  son,  my  mighty  S(iuintessenco, 
Who  makest  all  mortals  to  feel  thy  pestiferous  puissance, — 
Thou  knowest  how  old  Mrs.  Jupiter,  (jealous  old  tern\agant,) 
Don't  mean  to  let  anything  happen  without  putting  her  nuig  in't : 
A.nd  how  she  is  all  the  while  trying  a  hohbery  to  kick  up, 
To  tangle  the  Trojans  in  harm,  and  their  projects  to  break  up. 
Just  now  royal  Dido  is  welcoming  ^Eneas,  thy  brother, 
And  all  seems  serene  ;  but  I  fear  lest  thro'  some  trick  or  other 
Her  kindness  may    change.     AVhilc  to-night  a  grniu!    1)!infpiot 

makes  ready, 
lulus  to  Carthage  prepares  to  follow  his  daddy  : 
Do  thou  be  his  substitute  ;  go  in  his  stead  to  the  banquet ; 
(The  boy  in  the  meantime  I'll  hide  fast  asleep  in  a  blanket :) 
Seek  thou  Dido's  lap,  and  at  that  particular  juncture 
When  she  looks  on  her  guest,   (the  gemman  from  Troy,)  why 

jest  puncture 
Her  bosom,  and  into  her  pour  your  invisible  pizon. 
That  she  shall  be  crazy  to  fa^en  her  fortunes  to  his'n." 
Like  a  good  little  deity,  Cupid  obeys  what  she  teaches, — 
Doffs  his  wings,  and  puts  on  lulus'es  body  and  l)reeclies. 
Xow  led  by  Achates,  to  Carthage  he  gaily  advances, 
xVnd  on  his  arrival  the  sumptuous  banquet  commences. 
On  a  golden  couch,  underneath  a  rich  canopy,  Dido 
Assums  lier  iposish.     On  the  right  of  the  beautiful  widow 


Tiir  ;.,^odvlc',vs-buin  ^i^iicas  appears,  ■with  imposing  white  kids  on, 
For  aii}'^  emergency  ready,  like  Oliver  Ditso)i. 
Tlieu  Trojnns  and  'rVrian;^,  in  chokers  and  swallow-tails  dainty, 
"Rceiimb  on  the  daiuask  and  rep.     Two  Imndred  and  twenty 
Meji  scrvaiits  and  inaid  servants,  qualified  up  to  the  handle, 
Break  china,  spill  ootTee,  and  serve  up  honed  turkey  and  scandal. 
Tlie  counterfeit  sou  greets  liis  sire  with  affectionate  seeming, 
TJien  goes  for  the  Queen,  who,  of  danger  and  trouble  not  dreaming, 
'ihv^!^  the  sweet  boy  to  her  bosom.     In  marvelous  quick  time 
Ho  lodges  his  fire  in  her  veins,  and  brings  down  his  victim. 
The  exquisite  venom  thiough  all  her  anatomy  mingles, 
And  every  red  drop  of  her  blood  like  a  dinner-gong  jingles. 

With  talk  the  Queen  spun  out  the  night,  quaffing  deep  of  the  nectar 
Of  love — asking  much  about  Priam  and  much  about  Hector, 
Ulysses,  the  li^astern  Zouaves,  the  Tliessalian  forces, 
The  arms  of  swart  Memnon,  the  color  of  Diomed's  horses, 
How  Achilies'es  j>lume  looked,  and  how  Helen's  runaway  suit  set — 
-  Nny,  come !  noble  guest,"  says  she,  "  rehearse  from  the  outset 
TJie  story  of  Troy,  including  the  uttermost  details  ; 
And  let  tbe  assembly  give  heed  to  our  guest,  while  he  retails 
The  tlirilliiig  adventures,  and  perils,  and  sore  persecutions 
Tliat  during  i^Q.Ycn   yenrs  have  pursued  liim  thro*  all  lands  and 
«>ceans.*' 

At  onrr  all  v,vre  silent,  and  fustenecf  their  eyes  on  the  Leader, 
While  be  sjnui  the  preposterous  yarn  which,  long  suffering  reader. 
You'll  find  in  the  yEneid,  Libri  Secundus  and  Tertius, — 
And  now  we  must  «'losc  with  a  rliyme  that  is  truly  atrocious. 


THE    ^I^JSTEID. 

LIBEIi  QUARTUS 

But  the  poor  Queen,  with  raging  love  oppressed, 

Xursed  the  fierce  lire,  and  said  she  could  not  rest; 

She  kept  a  thinking  what  a  star  was  he, 

And  how  to  heaven  he  traced  his  pedigree : 

His  reputation  as  a  warryour, 

The  conversation  which  he  talked  to  her. 

His  clothes  so  gorgeous,  and  his  style  so  steep, 

Denied  the  Queen  inwigorating  sleep. 

Xext  day  the  sun  rose  at  the  proper  time, — 

And  much  improved  the  Carthaginian  clime, 

"When  thus  her  sister  Anna  she  addressed : 

''  Sister,  my  nights  are  full  of  M'ild  unrest : 

This  nice  young  man  that's  now  a  stopping  here 

To  my  affections  is  a  growing  dear ; 

delestial  is  his  origin,  I  know, — 

Such  fearless  souls  don't  emanate  below. 

My  grief  I  what  savage  fights  that  man  has  fit. 

And  how  genteel  he  can  get  up  and  git. 

'Fi  hadn't  vowed  not  to  unite  again 

I'm  not  quite  certain  but  I  should  cave  in. 

Since  poor  dear  Sic  was  slew  by  brother  Pyg 

For  no  live  man  I've  ever  oared  a  fig, 

Till  unto  Carthage  this  brave  hero  came — 

But  now  I — swan — I  feel  the  ancient  flame  ; 

But  with  my  parent  dust  I  would  be  mixed, 

Or  witli  the  tlnmderbolts  of  Jove  transfixed. 


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jjelbrc  I'd  break  the  laws  of  luodusly, 

Or  scandalize  our  best  society  ; 

While  }X)or  Sichaeus  keeps  his  coflincd  state 

My  heart  lies  witli  liis  ashes — tliat's  my  gait." 

Thus  Dido  speaks, — her  swally  choked  with  tears,- 

Whom  thus  the  sympathizing  Anna  cheers : 

"  0  sister,  dearer  than  the  light  of  day, 

Why  will  you  weep  your  ])recious  eyes  away  V 

Do  you  supf^osc  your  husl^and's  bone-dust  cares 

A  Bungtown  copper  who  his  trowsers  wears  ? 

'Twas  well  enough  to  scorn  the  Lybian  peers, 

And  put  a  flea  in  swart  larbas'  ears, 

But  if  you've  taken  such  a  mighty  shine 

To  this  adventurous  Trojan,  why,  go  in. 

Have  you  forgot  our  fierce  Numidian  foes? 

Dotli  not  Gaetulia  rob  us  of  repose  ? 

Is  not  Tyre  with  lis  for  a  scrimmage  booked  ? 

Will  not  Pygmalion  scelv  his  greenbacks  liooked  ? 

It's  my  opinion  Juno  manned  the  oars 

Tliat  pulled  these  Trojan  fellers  to  our  shores, 

And  if  we  can  but  make  tliis  matcli  ignite 

Our  city'll  flourish  higher  nor  a  kite  I 

If  Troy  and  Carthage  can  tlieir  horses  hitch 

'Twill  raise  our  glory  to  the  highest  pitch. 

Vow,  darling  Dido,  do  take  my  advice, 

Go  and  prepare  the  gods  a  sacrifice : 

Less  have  a  party,  and  a  high  old  time, 

And  play  your  best  card  for  detaining  him, — 

Make  him  repeat  the  story  of  his  deeds,— 

Beguile  him  with  conundrums  and  charades — 

Wl)ih;  stormy  winter  rules  botli  sea  and  sky. 

And  his  worn  ships  are  laid  up  high  ;ind  dry." 


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Tlicse  arguments  the  Queen  of  scruples  reft, 
And  no  discretion  in  her  mind  was  left. 
So  to  the  mcetinus  a  call  they  paid, 
And  on  the  altar  slaughtered  several  head 
Of  likely  steers,  to  see  if  they  could  please 
Ceres,  and  sundry  other  deities  : 
But  first  of  all  they  seek  the  aid  of  Juno, 
Who  has  a  hand  in  every  wedding,  you  know. 
Dido  herself  stood  o'er  tlic  l»roiling  kine, 
>Vnd  poured  upon  their  mugs  a  mug  of  wine, 
()r  'mong  the  loaded  altars  wandered  round, 
To  see  what  happy  omens  could  be  found. 
Oh  ignorant  diviners  I  what's  the  use 
Of  prying  into  Fate's  dread  secrets  thus? 
While  through  her  marrow  the  fierce  fluid  runs, 
And  hot  combustion  eats  her  very  bones. 
Through  the  wide  city's  avenues  and  gates. 
Her  restless  majesty  perambulates, 
As  in  the  forest,  the  unwary  stag — 
On  whom  some  sportsman,  seeking  game  to  bag. 
Hath  drawn  a  bead  with  weapon  pitiless, — 
Flies  leaping  through  the  Cretan  Avilderness, 
The  deadly  arrow  sticking  in  his  feelings. 
Unconscious  what  it  is  provokes  his  squealings. 
Now  she  escorts  him  through  the  busy  town, 
And  promenades  the  sidewalks  up  and  down. 
Points  out  her  palaces,  and  brown  stone  fronts. 
And  gently  hints  they  are  To  Let  at  once, — 
Drinks  in  his  words  with  ever  growing  greed 
And  wants  to  hear  more  of  the  wooden  steed. 
When  all  the  guests  have  left  and  gone  to  bed, 
And  tlie  pale  moon  is  rolling  overhead. 


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Meandering  through  tlic  lonoly  hiin.j!!'  t  hall. 
She  tries  liis  voice  and  features  to  recall, 
Then  seeks  the  child  Ascanius  in  his  couch, 
'Cause  he  looks  like  his  govei-nor  so  mucli. 

The  half-built  City  Hall  all  work  is  stopixid  on, 
The  soldier  boys  don't  drill  nor  study  Upton, 
The  ramparts  and  intrenchments  are  neglected, 
And  mighty  little  progress  is  effected. 

Juno,  meanwhile,  perceiving  hovr  she  acted, 

With  Cupid's  poison  ravinandistractcd, 

Her  sense  of  all  propriety  so  dead 

She  didn't  care  a  continental  red — 

She,  (Juno,)  went  to  Venus,  and  says  she, 

"  What  a  condemn  smart  pair  of  gods  you  be  ! 

You  and  your  boy  may  deem  it  a  big  thing 

To  get  this  feeble  woman  on  a  string, 

But  I  don't  see  it !  though  I  do  see  this, — 

Vou're  down  on  m}'  new  built  metropolis! 

Now  whither  do  your  macliinations  tend. 

Or  when  will  these  deplored  contentions  end  ? 

You  have  accomplislied  all  your  heart's  desire, — 

Poor  Dido  loves  him  like  a  house  afire ; 

Wliy  not  unite  tlicm  in  the  bands  of  Hymen 

So  me  and  you  can  live  two  loving  women  ? 

Let's  put  the  royal  ro])es  on  I'oth  their  backs. 

And  me  and  you  go  tutelary  snacks." 

Venus  jKjrceived  that  she  was  playing  possum. 

And  with  deceitful  purpos*!,  nnsw.'red,  "  Yes'm. 

Si]ice  you're  disposed  lhf>  hundsonie  thing  to  do 

I  must  not  1)'^  :it  l<>g'r*"*rheads  witl\  you.— 


"llipplf 


I'Mlihiis  a.L;.<;re(litiii-  \''jiicroiii  ::':iainiiii  clictis  : 

"Tiiquo  pi!cr(\;ic  Ums,  ra;t'j;num  ct  mcmoiabile  nina<i', 

I'll;  (Ir-il..-)  Divmii  ^i  rcrmiiin  \'uh\  iliionim  est!'' 


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But  Jupiter,  ycr  know,  must  have  his  say. 

Or  else  there'll  be  the  very  juice  to  pay  ; 

You  are  his  wife^ — ^you  pump  him, — I've  no  doubt 

Flo'll  be  all  right :  you  lead,— I'll  follow  suit.'* 

"  This  little  chore  I'll  undertake,  my  dear," 
Said  royal  Juno,  ''  now  jest  look  a  hero : 
The  Trojan  prince  and  Dido  ride  awti y 
To  go  a  hunting,  at  the  break  of  day. 
To-morrow.     While  the  hunters  spread  their  toils, 
['11  fdl  the  sky  with  thunders  and  turmoils, 
Scatter  their  retinue  with  liail  and  rain. 
And  into  the  sanie  ca\ern  lead  the  twain  : 
I'll  be  on  hand,  and  if  you  don't  Ijack  down, 
I'll  join  'em  fast,  and  do  the  job  up  brown." 
*'  Nuif  ccd,"  replied  the  diplomatic  Yeims  ; 
"This  trick  shall  be  inwiolate  between  us." 

And  now  tlie  nioiuing  sun  ascends  tiie  sky  ; 

The  arm-ed  hunters  to  the  forests  iiie, 

With  nets,  and  toils,  and  such  like  preparation, 

And  packs  of  purps  that  bark  witliout  ceascation. 

The  Carthaginian  peers  expectant  wait 

For  Dido's  coming,  at  her  door  yard  gate, 

While  she,  arisen  from  un<juiel.  slumber, 

Is  putting  on  her  gipsy  suit  wp  chomliev, 

Her  prancing  steed,  his  foaming  bit  a  chawing, 

Impatient  stands,  with  pride  the  fresh  turf  pawing. 

At  length  she  issues  from  her  domicil. 

With  hoops,  and  fringe,  and  point  lace  dressed  "  tu  kill." 

Her  goold  watch  stickin  in  her  lovely  waist, 

Hor  waterfiill  got  up  in  style  and  taste, 


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Her  fragile  corpus  in  a  French  mantiller, 
Her  handkerchief  perfumeried  with  vaniller  : 
.Eneas  attends  her,  scrumptious  as  ApoUer, 
The  Phrygian  youths  and  sweet  Ascanius  foUer. 
And  now  the  party  seek  the  wooded  hills, 
And  straightway  dislocate  the  anamiles. 
Giraffes  and  chipmunks,  from  the  mountain  peak. 
Gallop  and  tumble  like  1000  of  hrick, — 
Lions  and  woodchucks  clatter  down  the  vales 
With  snorting  snouts  erect,  and  likewise  tails : 
Ascanius  bravely  guides  his  steed  imperious, 
And  wishes  he  could  "bag  a  rhinocerious." 

But  rumbling  sounds  a  coming  tempest  told. 

And  quick,  from  cloud  and  crag,  a  deluge  rolled. 

Fire  fought  with  darkness  in  the  crackling  sky, 

Where  Chaos  hung  his  hellish  tapestry, 

While  beasts  and  men  dispersed  in  dire  alarm, 

And  sought  to  hide  them  from  the  wrathful  storm. 

The  Trojan  leader  and  the  Tyrian  queen 

In  the  predestinated  cave  convene  : 

Then  Earth  the  signal  gives,  with  laboring  cries, — 

Great  Juno  speeds  the  nuptial  mysteries. 

The  blushing  lightnings  tell  the  conscious  sky, 

And  wood  nymphs  shriek  from  craggy  summits  high. 

Oh,  sad  birth-day  of  unavailing  woe  ! 

()li,  cave  !  thou  dark  aljode  of  mischief,  oh  ! 

Dido  no  longer  acts  clandescently, 

But  openly,  and  quite  indecently, 

Calls  him  her  liusband,  and  in  this  way  tries 

To  pull  the  wool  o'er  circumspectious  eyes. 

Hut  Jupiter,  tlie  great,  grand,  liigh  old  Turk, 

Woke  up,  and  gaped,  and  looked,  and  said,  "What  work! 


Wh 


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■r:iiiiliiii  ino;;rotliiur ;  ei-iiies  iiudaiuiir  iu  aiinini ; 
.\uii;:i  jiurpiiroaui  subucctit  fiOulii  \'estem. 

Ipse  aute  alios  pulcherrimufr  uiniv- 
lulcic  >e  sofuiiu  .•EiuMis,  atquc  aguHua  jnugil  : 
"Jiiali-  Apollo. 

lin.  IV..  \'a:: 


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Mercury,  my  son,  put  on  your  shappo,  quick, 
And  drap  on  Carthage  city,  like  a  streak : 
/Eneas  is  there,  a  hangin  around  Dido ; 
I  want  to  know  what  lie  means  by  it,  I  do ! 
Tell  him  to  pack  up  and  be  off  for  Italy, 
Or  if  he  don't,  I'll  larrup  him  most  mightily." 
So  Hermes  put  his  wing-cd  india-rubbers  on, 
And  ere  you  could  articulate  Jack  Robbison, 
He  faced  the  Trojan,  busy  as  a  bee, 
Repairing  Dido's  wash-tub — and  says  lie, 
"  Now  drop  that  hammer  like  a  hot  potatcr. 
And  put  your  fleet  to  sea, — that's  what's  the  matter ! 
The  Fates  ordain  that  you  get  up  a  nation 
Whose  fame  and  power  shall  ring  through  all  creation  ; 
And  Jove  says  if  you  don't  obey  this  message, 
He'll  knock  you  stiffern  a  bolony  sassage. 
Draw  a  bee  line  for  Latium,  and,  be  spry !" 
With  that  he  vanished  in  the  sky-blue  sky. 
A  shiver  ran  through  u:Encas'e3  ossibus, — 
His  speechless  vox  stuck  in  his  chattering  faucibus. 
The  hair  stood  endwise  on  his  powdered  wig 
Like  quills  upon  the  fretful  porcupig  ; 
He  wants  to  go,  and  then  again  he  doesn't ; 
"  The  situation"  is  indeed  unpluzzent. 
At  length  he  calls  his  comrades, — brave  SercBtuB, 
Achates,  Porter,  Farragut,  Sergestus, — 
And  they  fit  out  their  gun-boats  on  the  sly 
To  run  the  sharp  blockade  of  Dido's  eye. 
But  Dido  guessed  the  Trojan  stratagem, — 
And  like  a  fury  thus  pitched  into  him : 
"  Oh  you  perfigeous  villain !  will  you  play 
This  heartless  game  all  unbeknown  to  me  ? 


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Will  not  our  love,  will  not  iny  given  liand, 

Will  Dido's  tears  not  stay  you  in  my  land  ? 

Will  you  attempt  the  wintry  winds  to  brave, 

.Ind  spread  your  sails  upon  the  treacherous  wave, 

Where  hungry  sharks  are  rollicking  and  snarling, 

Where  Cappen  Scmmes  will  gobble  up  my  darling  ? 

By  this  great  grief  which  now  my  bosom  wrings, 

By  love,  and  truth,  and  vows,  and  all  them  things. 

Proceed — I  do  adjure  you, — to  relent, 

l^'or  if  you  don't  I  certainly  sliall  faint." 

Says  ^Eneas  :  ''  I  am  your  most  o])edient, — 

But  to  stay  here  don't  seem  to  be  expedient : 

Where'er  I  wander  on  this  earthly  ball, 

1  always  will  say,  you're  a  gay  old  gal : 

But  if  the  court  do  understand  herself, 

(^  And  she  presume  she  do.)  that  little  elf, 

Ascanius,  is  fore-ordained  to  found 

A  fust-class  empire  on  Italian  ground. 

1  <lon't  exactly  like  to  luteal  away, 

[Jut  then  again,  I  don't  know  how  to  stay  : 

The  ghost  of  my  jirogenit-or,  Anchiscs, 

Each  night  beside  my  troubled  couch  arises ; 

The  gods  command  me  to  get  out  of  this 

And  paddle  off  to  nobler  destinies." 

•'  Oh  monster  !"  cries  the  disappointed  woman, 

••  No  goddess  is  thy  nuithcr,  iior  no  huiiian, 

liut  thou  wast  })orn  out  of  the  flinty  rock 

Xrxd  fierce  Hyrcanean  tigers  gave  thee  suck  ! 

Xow,  now  great  Juno,  see  this  savage  creature  ; 

He  don't  exhibit  one  redeeming  feature  ! 

\  fouiid  him  poor  and  hungry  as  a  greyback, 

►I  <liii<(l  :iii(l  winod  and  toiisted  liini  from  icot/  hack^ 


■  Quid  rtirius;-'  nut  qua  t>pc  Lybicis  icii?  uiia  d  rri- 
^i  to  )uilla  movet  tautarum  ij.lona  nTui!i 
A.b'jiiniutu  su!-^ci;tci!j  ct  suca  I'uirtdts  iui! 

Arrceti'  que  Lo-rfwrc  yoiiiau  ;  cl  vox  f-ttciLus^itei" 


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Got  up  a  supper,  fed  his  lousy  crew, 
And  heard  his  egotistic  yarn  clear  througli  1 
You  talk  about  obeying  Jove's  decree, — 
Flapdoodle  !  what  a  pious  man  you  be  ! 
Well,  go  and  leave  nie,  lone  and  destitute, — 
I  will  not  argufy  witli  such  a  brute, — 
But  if  the  gods  are  worth  a  single  nickel, 
I  hope  they'll  give  you  an  eternal  pickle  ! 
And  my  indignant  ghost,  when  I  am  dead, 
Shall  ride  your  conscience  like  a  pig  of  lead !" 

Completely  overcome  with  pain  and  passion, 

She  fainted  in  the  most  dlstangay  fashion. 

The  screaming  maidens  bear  their  prostrate  queen 

Unto  a  bed  with  tarlcton  counterpane  : 

These  read  the  homeopathy  book,  while  those 

Hold  a  cologne  jar  to  her  pallid  nose. 

When  in  the  morning  from  her  palace  towers, 

She  saw  his  lessening  sails,  and  flashing  oars, 

Slie  tore  her  golden  locks  in  ecstacy, 

And  pounded  on  her  breast  tremendously. 

"  Proh,  Jupiter  !  shall  this  man  get  away  ? 

Spread  sails  !  bring  firebrands !  ah,  what  do  I  say  ? 

Why  did  I  not  revenge  me  while  he  stayed  ? 

I  might  have  found  his  flint  heart  with  my  blade, 

Deaconed  his  pug-nosed  boy,  while  I  was  able, 

And  fricasseed  him  for  his  father's  table  ! 

But  now  I  writhe  in  impotent  dismay, 

While  he  goes, — (dum  it,') — on  his  heartless  way  !" 

Her  bloodshot  eyeballs  roll  while  thus  she  speaks, 

And  purple  spots  suffuse  her  quivering  cheeks ; 

She  mounts,  with  wild  impetuosity. 


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A  iuneral  pile  some  forty-four  feet  high, 
Of  seasoned  kindling  wood,  two  luindred  cords, 
And  thus  pronounces  these,  her  latest  Avords : 
"  Behold,  I  go  the  way  of  all  mankind  ; 
I've  done  the  work  by  changeless  Fate  assigned, 
I've  built  a  city,  seen  my  finished  towers, — 
0  that  the  Trojan  had  not  touched  my  shores !" 
With  these  remarks  the  deadly  dirk  slie  grabs, 
And  socks  herself  severial  powerful  jabs. 
Forth  leaps  the  boiling  life-blood,  and  the  crowd 
Their  fallen  queen  survey,  with  clamours  loud  ; 
Loud  clamours  and  loud  lamentations  rise, 
Roar  through  the  city,  and  assault  the  skies. 
Thrice  she  supports  herself  upon  her  elbow. 
And  strains  her  eyes  to  sec  lier  iufif?^^  beau. — 
Thrice  does  she  seek  tii<-  ])la/ing  light  of  day, 
And  having  found  it,  gr(_»aning.  turns  away. 

Then  Jmio,  pitying  her  agony, 

Sent  Iris  down,  the  struggling  soul  to  fre<j. 

The  dewy  Iris,  on  her  safllron  wings, 

With  thousand  radiant  cncolorings, 

.Shot  through  the  vajxirs  with  immortal  sj>eed, 

And  stood  above  the  death-devoted  head  : 

"  This  lock  to  Pluto's  realms  I  bear  away, 

And  now  release  thee  from  this  ruined  clay." 

.So  saying,  she  cut  the  lock  of  golden  hair^ 

And  llff;  departed  on  the  sightless  air. 


. ERRATA. 

Page  8,  eighth  verse  irom  the  top,  instead  of  '•  Theu  responded  Venus," 
read,  "  Then  Venus  responded." 

Pa^e  11,  last  verse,  for  '' Assuras,''  read,  "'Assumes." 


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